For ages, music mastering has really only been done by professionals – that changes now. LANDR is an online mastering service, where a user can simply throw a song, drum track or even a sample onto the server and the A.I “developed over eight years of university research” will completely master the track for you.
Tonnes of musicians have come out in support of the system, most notably of whom is rapper Nas, who says that:
“Technology has allowed for more creators to be birthed. More and more music is being made but certain parts of the process don’t have consumer tools to help make fine and crisp finishes.. I believe LANDR is an affordable groundbreaking technology to help musicians make music that has a quality finish like any major label artist with a budget. I’m excited to help the LANDR team take their technology global.”
Talk about endorsements, those are some serious words of praise towards the system. LANDR is a paid service – though it does offer two free low-res MP3s as a trial for the system – with the more expensive subscriptions offering more high-quality files.
Though LANDR makes it clear on their site that “the polish and balance achieved through the subtle adjustments of a skilled mastering engineer is not something [they] would ever diminish,” the service will make it much easier for less experienced or financially-backed musicians to achieve a similar quality of sound to big name artists. Just like Soundcloud made it much more simple for unknown musicians to share and show off their music, LANDR should mean that more unknown beats sound just as good as any others. Hopefully this means we’ll be hearing more up and comers tunes getting played in sets – talking ‘bout that WAV quality.
Check LANDR’s site here.